Failure Adding an Additional Node to vRealize Operations Manager Due to Expired Certificate

Unable to add additional nodes to cluster. This error happened while adding an additional data and remote collector. The cause ended up being a expired customer certificate, and surprisingly there was no noticeable mechanism such as a yellow warning banner in vROps UI to warn that a certificate had expired, or is about to expire.

Troubleshooting:

Log into the the new node being added, and tail the vcopsConfigureRoles.log

Revert back to VMware’s default certificate on all nodes using the following kb article. KB2144949

Step #3

The custom cert files that need to be renamed on the nodes are located at /storage/vcops/user/conf/ssl. This should be completed on all nodes. Alternatively, you can remove them, but renaming them is sufficient.